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Vol 20. No 45
DR. C. I. CRAY
PASSES AWRY
DEATH COMES LATE MONDAY
EVENING— HAD BEEN IN FAIL
jNG health for several
months.
Dr. George T. Gray, a prominent
physician and beloved citizen of this
county died Monday evening at his
home in Lyons. He had been in
failing health for some time.
He was born in this county, and
spent his useful life within a short
distance of his birth place. He was
62 years of age, and had given 35
years of his life to his profession.
He had al arge practice and was high
ly sucessful. He has been county
prysician for 15 years.
The funeral was conducted from j
the residence Tuesday afternoon at ;
3 o’clock by Rev. Theo Pahrr of the
Methodist Church, assisted by Rev.
A. D. Woodle of the Baptist Chtfhch.
He was buried with Masonic
honors at the Lyons cemetery. The :
many and beautiful foral offerings '
attested to the high esteem in which j
the deceased was held.
The pall-bearers were Messrs J. L.
Wolfe, B. F. Wolfe, S. M. Hall, E. F.
Parker, S. A. Hall, Dess Gray, Car
son Mason and B. "M. Brown.
He is survived by his wife, who
was Miss Georgia Hall, and the fol
lowing children: R. E. Gray, of Lyons
D. L. Gray of Atlanta, Mrs. A. V.
Mozingo of Dallas Texas, Mrs. G. A. ;
Doovan of Vidalia, and Misses Leola |
and Edna Gray of Lyons.
FORMS FOR FILING REVENUE
RETURNS NOW AVAILABLE
Forms 1099 and 1096 for filing I
returns of information are available
today at the office of Collector -of ,
Internal Revenue, Atlanta, Georgia, J
and the following branch offices, P. j
0. Building, Macon, Georgia, and ;
Oglethorpe Building, Savannah, Geor |
gia.
The early release will be of aid
to firms, corporations and busines
ses employing large forces, which an
nually are required to report to the
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
at Washington payments of SI,OOO or
more made during the preceding
• calendar year.
A separate-return of information
for each employes whose salary for j
1923 was SI,OOO or more is required j
of employers on Form ‘1099, Form
1096, on which must be shown the
number of separate returns, serves
as a letter of transmittal.
Banks and similar organizations ]
are required to report interest paid j
or credited to a depositor if the total
during the year equalled orexceeded
SI,OOO. Information returns are
carefully checked with individual re
turns. If in a taxpayer’s individual
return a payment reported on an in
formation return is omitted, action
by the Bureau of Internal Revenue
follows.
Copies of the forms will be sent
to those who filed similar returns ;
for 1922. The filing period is
from January 1 to March 15,. 1924.
PIANO TUNER
People of Lyons and surrounding
territory will be interested to know
that a piano tuner of national repu
tation will be in Lyons again and can
he found at the Godwin Boarding
House. Leo Lesimsky, who has spent
a lifetime in piano making and tun
ng, will be in town several days, and
if any one is in need of piano tuning
it will be very advatageous to call
him on phone 33 at the Godwin
Boarding House, or see him in per
son.
Mr. Lesinsky will make out of
town trips if conveyance is furnished
He is well knowm here as a piano
tuner of ability. ad.
FOR SALE
GOOD FIVE ROOM HOUSE AND
p OUR LOTS. A BARGAIN.
S. W. HILL,
Lyona, Georgia.
The Lyons Progress
| . THE SILENT DRAMA X ,
l -• ■. .for • ■ '
i MESSRS. E. E. BAGWELL AND
E. J. PARRISH HERE TUES.
Mr. E. E. Bagwell, Superintendent
of the Savannah Division of the Sea
; board Air Line Railway and Assist
ant General Freight Agent E. J.
Parrish, of Savnnah, w T ere in Lyons
Tuesday evening conferring with lo
cal people on plans for developing the
poultry shipments in the Svannah
territory. ,
| Quite an ambitious program is be
ing planned by the Seaboard in its
; efforts to help develop this import
j ant industry. If plans work out as
! they should they will be in a posi
| tion to announce some big changes
, that will be of considerable assist
ance to the farmers of this entire
section in getting steady markets for
their poultry and poultry products.
Messrs Bagw r ell and Parish were
accompained by Mr. F. M. Dutton,
; Trainmaster, Savannah; Mr. P .M.
Browning, Assistant Freight Agent,
Cordele; Mr. Marchall, of the Amer
! ican Express Company, and C. M.
Cannon, counstructive engineer,
i
TOOMBS COUNTY FARM
PROGRAM IN DEMAND
Numerous inquiries have come in
recently for copies of the Toombs
j County Farm Program. Letters
| this week came from as far as
Butts and Brooks counties. The Vi
dalia Kiwanis and the Lyons Boost
er Club are to be congratulated on
their efforts behind this move.
All South Georgia is working
solidly behind the move to get the
farming industry on a sounder basis
than it has been heretofore. There
has been too much plunging from
one crop to another and this plan |
that is being adopted over Toombs
County should be a great help in
stablizing the farm development in
this county.
CABBAGE PLANTS
. .
Have about 200,000 Long Island
Wakefield Cabbage Plants ready for
sale. My price delivered by Parcel
Post is
1,000 for $1.40.
500 for 75 cents.
300 for 50 cents.
100 for 20 cents.
Delieverd by Parcel Post.
The Long Island is larger, just as
early and better cabbage than
Early Jersey Wakefield to set as this
time of year.
M. M. COLEMAN, Jr.
Lyons Georgia
NOTICE—
On November 24th, 1923 I willi
sell at my home, farm implements,
mule, wagon, buggy, hogs and some
furniture, corn and peas.
Mrs. V. B. ETHRIDGE.
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF TOOMBS COUNTY
1 LYONS, GEORGIA. THURSDAY. NOV. 8 t 923
Georgia’s Experience
In Growing Tobacco
I
MANY LESSONS LEARNED IN j
SEVEN YEARS EXPERIENCE,
IN GROWING TOBACCO IN;
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SOUTH GEORGIA.
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By Edison C. Westbrook
The indications at present point:
to an increase in the Georgia tobac-1
co acreage estimated anywhere from j
100 to 300 per cent. In view of this
fact, it would seem very important j
that the prospective new growers be i
informed of the methods of produc-,
ing tobocco that have proven to be :
the most profitable.
This year South Georgia produc- i
od 9,191,343 pounds of bright leaf,
tobocco, which averaged $25.70 per
hundred. It was the best quality
!cr op Georgia has evfer grown. It
was the first crop that created any
favorable comment worthy of con
sideration from the tobacco buyers.;
We at last have been recognized as
producers of high quality tobacco.
It has taken seven years to get the •
recognition. We did not get it soon
er because many of our farmers did
irot learn many of the fine points of
the business until they had a few
years experience. We must main-]
tain our reputation for producing
good tobacco.
Avoid previous Mistake*
There are some excusses for many
of these farmers making, mistakes,
because they were growing* a new
| crop under new condition*. They
were blazing the trail. Prospective
neve growers should not to go
through all of the the earl
ier growers had to go thrdttgh with.
If the tobacco acreage* increas-,
ed as much another year as is indi
cated, there will be . tobacco
produced by the new growers than
the total crop for this year. Large
quantities of low grade tobacco next
year would depress our markets and
create dissatisfaction.
Only High Quality Tobacco
Profitable
We believe that, every person in
terested in the promotion of tobacco
should use every available means to
aid in supplying tobacco growers and
prospective growers with the best
and most coinplete information
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I Hamilton Burch P- M. Mosley t
BURCH & MOSELEY ?
Attorneys-at-Lnw 4*
Will practice in all Court es the State T
Office —Second floor Aaron Buildings LYONS, GEORGIA %
Will appreciate your patronage. j
( available on the subject,
j We Must Keep Down the Production
j/ of Low Grade Tobacco
: The outlook at present indicates
! that we. are likely to meet keen com
petition next season, due to an indi
cated larger acreage in Virginia and
i the Carolinas. The best way to meet
j this competition is with high quali
ity tobacco.
Good Information Available
The Georgia State College of Ag
riculture has for distribution bulle
] tire entitled “Tobacco Culture” and
■ “The Cost of Producing Bright To-
I bacco.” These bulletins will be
; mailed free upon request. They
! >3an also be obtained from your coun
ty agent. They contain very detail
ed information and should be very
helpful to the new growers. Only
, fanners who are willing to do all of
the things necessary for the produc
tion of high quality tobacco should
*oe encouraged to grow it.
Selecting the Tobacco Soil
! Select a well-drained sandy loam
soil. Do not select the richest land,
I
northe poorest. Land of medium j
fertility is best. Do not plant after
a heavy crop of velvet beans or cow
peas.
The Right Kind of Fertilizer
An 8-3-5 fertilizer has up to now
proven the most profitable. The
■ right amount to use has varied from
800 to 1200 pounds per acre, depend
ing on the richness of the land. A
high per cent of potash help 9 to keep
j the tobacco from going to pieces dur
■ ing the rain/ season, which usually
comes in July.
Stable Manure Highly Effective
Finely pulverised, well rotted
stable manure applied at the rate of
1 2 to 3 tons per acre, at least a
month before transplanting greatly
increases the yield and improves the
quality of the tobacco.
Time to Sow the Bed*
Experience as proven that early
tobacco is much more profitable than
late tobacco. It is heavier and goes
through the rainy season. Tobacco
should be set in the field the last of
March and the first ten days of
April. In order to have plants ready
by this time, the beds should be sown
the last of December, and not later
than the middle of January.
Stick to the Game
CO. CORN CLUB
EXMBIIISWINNER
PRIZE OF FIFTY DOLLARS AT
SAVANNAH TRI-STATE FAIR
—MONEY TO GO BOYS CLUB
WORK FOR NEXT YEAR.
Toombs County Corn Club Ex
hibit which was shown at the County
Fair here won first prize in Savannah
at the Tri-State Fair last week. A
prize of S3O was offered for the
best county corn club exhibit of
thirty or more club boys. The ex
hibit that was shown here was sent
to Savannah and won there.
Mr. Spivey, of Treutlen county,
who won first at the Macon State
Fair in the County Booth contest,
said this exhibit was the prettiest
exhibit of corn he bad ever seen. ‘
This money will be used in deve
loping the boys club work in this
county next year. Last year the
Toombs County Exhibit won second
of S3O which was used to pay the ex
penses of the Judging team to Sav
annah last September and also to pay
the $lO so that two boys, W. L.
Higgs and Charles New, could go to
the Southeastern Fair School.
INTERNATIONAL GOLDEN
RULE SUNDAY DEC. 2ND.
NEW YORK, Nov. s—President
Coolidge in a letter maije public to
day by Charles V. Vickrey, General
Secretary of Near East Relief, en
dorses the plan for observing Decem
ber 2nd as International Goldqp
Rule Sunday.
Plans for the day, as outlined by a
recent interenational conference in
Geneva, call upon people of four-,
teen different countries to serve a
menu in their homes similar to that
served in orphanages in the Near
East, the difference in cost of the
orphanage menu and the ordinary
meal to be contributed to orphanage
work overseas. . .
The President’s letter says:
“It is with a good deal of satis
faction that I commend your propos
al to observe on International Gol
den Rule Dinner Sunday, on the 2nd
of December 1923. I feel sure that
this suggestion will meet with very
widespread approval and will bring
more closely to mind the charitable
requirements of those who are pros
perous to those who are in adversity.
It suggests not only a practical the*
thod for help, but the highest ex
pression of sympathy, by showing for
a time the privations of others.
Cordially yours,
CALVIN COOILDGE.”
Mr. Vickrey said that among the \
notable people abroad who will co- •
operate to give the day an internat- J
ional aspect are ex-Premier Clemen
ceau, Prince Carl of Sweden, Dr. j
Fridtjof Nansen, Premier Gonataes
of Greece, M. Paul Hymans, and Mile
Alice Masaryk, daughter of the 1
President of Czecho-Solvakia.
“We expect that the day will be
observed by twenty million people," i
he said. “Governors, Senators and j
other men prominent in national hnd j
state affairs, fraternal organizat
ions, business firms, and churches
have already endorsed.
“The observance is very appro
priately fixed for the Sunday fol- |
lowing Thanksgiving. Having on
Thursday bountifully from well lad- 1
en tables and rejoiced in our own
prosperity, it is fitting that on the j
following Sunday we give some spec-1
ial considertion to the needs and I
distress of those who are less highly 1
j
Farmers who jump in and jump
out nearly always jump at the wrong
time. Do you ever notice that?
The farmers who have made most
money out of tobacco are the ones
■who have stuck through the had
years as well as through the good;
ones. Tobacco should not be the |
only money crop. Other crops
should be grown along with it. To-,
baeco requires a large amount of la
bor, during the harvest season,
which comes in June, and July. This
i fact should be recognized when de
j ciding the acres of tobacco that can
be handled sucessfully.
Subscription SI.OO
DAIRY SPECIALIST
HERE NEXT WEEK
FOUR MEETINGS WILL BE HELD
MONDAY AND TUESDAY—NEW
BRANCH, CENTER, AIMWELL.
AND OHOOPEE.
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Four meetings will be held next
Monday and Tuesday in Toombs
county on shipping sour cream. Mr.
Fitch will be here from the Georgia
State College of Agriculture to
fepeak on this subject to the farmer
at the following places.
Ohoopee at 5 p. m. Monday.
New Branch at 7:30 p. m. Monday.
Center at 5 p. m. Tuesday.
Aimwell at 7:30 p. m. Tpesday.
All four meetings will be at the
school houses and will start promptly
so that we can get through and go to
the next place.
Mr. Fitch nas had long experience
in the dairy business and talk
to the farmers on dairying from
actual experience. Sour cream ship
ping has come to stay as one of our
main sources of cash and we need to
develop it much farther.
Come out to these meeting's in a
body and lets hear what Mr. Fitch
has to say.
JUDGE I. H. CORBITT IN
PARTNERSHIP AT ALAMO
The firm of Pope & Hattaway of
Alamo has been changed to that of
Corbitt, Pope & Hattaway. This
will be a substantial addition to this
firm. Judge Corbitt is one of the
leading lawyers of this section of our
state. He will still be located here*
but will spend a part of his time at
Alamo in the office of the firm, sec
, ends floor Hurwitz Building. ,
Mr. • Hattaway will remain in
chrage of the office at Alamo, while
Mr. Pope will move to this city and
become associated with Judge Cor
bitt in the work here.
BANKS TO CLOSE MONDAY
All the banks of the County will
be closed Monday, November 12th,
as this day is set aside as Armistic
Day.
favored.
“Luxurious living and self-indul
ffehce tnay he as injurious to the
prosperious as under-nourishment
and starvation are to the less fort
unate.
"American has contributed more
to the preservation of the childhood
jof Europe and Asia than any other
(nation. In American orphanages is
j the Levant there aTe now more than
50,000 children who not only have
Jno fathers and mothers, but as re-
I fugees from Anatolia they have no
country. There are at least 95,009
other orphans and half-orphans in.
the refugee camps for whom some
provision must be made if they are
not to perish during the coming win
ter. ’ .
! “When people break bread to
gether, they become friends. On
this International Golden Rule Sun
day people of all nations figuratively
will gather around the same table*
partaking of the same food represent
! ing the menu which the unfortunate
j children of the Near East hope, by
I the benevolence of the West, to eat
! 365 days in the year. But even this
; simple menu the orphans cannot
J have unless the rest of the world in
j some measures practices the Golden
j Rule and shares prosperity witfc
these children of adversity.
“These children in considerable
measure, embody the future of the
, Near East. By the international ap
plication of the principles of the
Golden Rule in dealing with these
orphan children we may be able to
avoid international strife and disas
! trous warfare in the next genera
tion.
“No family, no nation, is too poor
to help others while indulging in
wasteful, non-productive expendi
tures and consumption of henries,
the value of which would save a lesa
fortunate family or nation
bankruptcy.” A j